Garden guide: October - Hot Region

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Your Gardening Guide for October

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Your Gardening Guide for October

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Flower seeds to sow in October

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Vegie seeds to sow IN OCTOBER

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Welcome to October!

Spring planting is in full swing in both the flower and vegetable garden this month. It’s another roll-up-the-sleeves month and a beautiful time to be outside.

October Top Tips

#1 Sunflowers

Sow seeds of sunflowers. There is a wide variety to choose from with different heights and colours to try. Plant them in a nice sunny spot with compost enriched soil.

#2 Worm farm

Start a worm farm- set it up on the cooler side of your house and your worms will turn your kitchen waste into nutrient rich castings and produce worm tea to keep your plants happy.

#3 Microgreens

Try growing a crop of microgreens on your windowsill. These are quick to grow, are fun to use in the kitchen and a delicious and nutritious.

#4 Mulch

Mulch all your beds to help protect and insulate your soil and keep in moisture.

October Essentials

Get some hot tips and tricks for garden success this October, from pricking out, to seed saving rules as well as planting edible tubers.

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Diggers top pest tips

Pest attacks

Watch out for pest attacks, especially grasshoppers. Read our article to learn how to control grasshoppers.

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Sap suckers

Keep an eye on ants in your fruit trees as they may signal the presence of sap suckers like aphids and mealy bug. Read our article on aphids.

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Start sowing

Start basil, beans, beetroot, capsicum, chilli, cucumber, pumpkin, silverbeet, tomato in seed trays or plant out seedlings. Read our article for tips to get your seedlings off to the best start possible.

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Garden colour

Plant annuals now for Christmas colour and start planning ahead for perennial combinations for a successful summer garden. Read our article on how to establish a successful summer flower garden and create a show-worthy garden from November right through until April.

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Attract beneficial insects

Plant some nasturtium, dianthus, verbena and marigolds to attract pollinators and beneficial insects to your patch. Read our article on how to attract beneficial insects.

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Seed Propagation Essentials

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Summer Perennials

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Diggers top garden ideas

Mulch

Mulch helps reduce weeds as well as keeping valuable water in your soils.

Mulch with pea straw, lucerne or sugar cane mulch. You can add dolomite lime, rock dust and potash if you wish to boost nutrient levels into the soil for vegetable production.

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Fertilise

Feed your entire garden with all purpose organic fertiliser. Fertilise citrus and fruit trees and passionfruit vines and organic- Fruit & citrus food.

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